4.6-magnitude quake jolts Mianyang, SW China’s Sichuan Province

15:38, December 09, 2019

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  Heavy helicopter used for road-building to lift villagers out of poverty

  A Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter was recently used to transport heavy machinery into a remote mountain village in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of SW China's Sichuan Province, in an effort to build a village road to help villagers get out of poverty.

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  Southern Philippines hit by 6.8-magnitude quake

  An earlier 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Philippines on October 31 damaged buildings, homes and schools. (File photo: AFP)A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said, the same area struck by a string of deadly tremors in October.The epicentre was south of the populous city of Davao, but the US Geological Survey said there was a "low likelihood of casualties and damage".There was no threat of a tsunami, said the USGS, which initially reported the magnitude at 6.9.

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  4.9-magnitude quake hits Xinjiang, no casualties

  File photo: CGTNURUMQI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 4.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Baicheng County of northwest Chinas Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at around 10:46 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter was monitored at 41.73 degrees north latitude and 81.65 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 15 km, the CENC said.Strong tremors were felt in the city of Aksu, the seat of Aksu Prefecture. No casualties or economic loss have been reported so far.The epicenter was 540 km from Urumqi, the regional capital.An emergency response has been activated. Rescue workers have been sent to the quake-hit areas.A total of 74 quakes greater than magnitude 3 have been recorded within 200 km of the epicenter over the past five years.